Qwest, Citing a Data Problem,
Isn't Paying Sales Commissions

Qwest Communications International Inc. hasn't paid regular commissions to some salespeople, leaving some workers who are receiving partial commissions scrambling to pay their bills.

The Denver telecommunications company said it plans to pay the roughly 1,500 affected employees all the money they are owed within a few weeks. A Qwest spokesman blames the problem, which has been going on for six months, on data-entry problems with a new commission system. But some workers suspect the heavily indebted phone company is trying...